Salaya Beach Houses

Everything we’ve experienced, the grounds, the luxe accommodations, the food, spa services and delightful staff has provided us with the most magical get away. We highly recommend Salaya. Picture perfect setting we hated to leave! Luckily we live in the Philippines and we will visit often!

This place is magic on earth. Salaya is not just a hotel/guest house - the ambiance and feel is like no other place we have stayed in the Philippines. All the staff were incredibly welcoming and passionate about the property and made sure we had an experience to remember. The gardens and pool area is so tranquil, with all rooms having a beautiful view of the sea. We stayed in Porcelain which was a two bed apartment - our family was 2 adults and 3 children - we had plenty of space. The diving is like no other. The service from the initial briefing and getting kitted up to getting out of the sea after a dive to warm towels (!) is first class. We literally didn’t lift a finger (we felt incredibly spoilt!). We enjoyed exquisite drinks and food on board, and snorkellers in our party were welcome with reefs we dived at were also catered to them. We dived on three days of our stay with our Junior Open water qualified children (but there is an opportunity to do Discover Scuba Diving if you are not qualified). We thoroughly recommend the day trip to Apo Island - turtles guaranteed, a beautiful crossing and wonderful staff on board to cater for your every wish. A special shout out to Jomer and Joel who were incredibly kind and patient with our young divers (aged 10 and 11) giving them confidence to experience some incredible dive sites. Salaya is heaven on earth, and what has been created here is incredible. There is nothing they haven’t thought of to make your holiday perfect. We are already saving for our return trip.

Salaya Resort was great. Service was impeccable. Food at their restaurant exceeded our expectations. Everything was expertly prepared and delicious, even better than the food at many 5 star resorts that we've tried. Kudos to the chef. Massage at the spa and yoga with Lino was excellent.

The property and staff at Salaya are absolutely amazing. Everything has exceeded my expectations including the hospitality of the staff, the diving, the incredible food and facilities. The Marc van der Poel and his dive staff are super knowledgeable and ensure that all technical requirements are met so that all you are responsible for is creating memories that will last a lifetime. Personal highlights included a juvenile whale shark, octopus, eels, and giant sea turtles. Jackie Joseph Edina Minnesota

We had a dive group of 12 divers and everything about the resort exceeded our expectations. It all started with the staff, they made the stay. From Marc and Carol to everyone on the team, they couldn’t have been more friendly or caring. It was my first time “muck diving” and I fell in love with it. We were even lucky enough to see a whale shark on our safety stop after one of our coastal dives. The rooms were very well appointed, the beds comfortable and the amount of time put into thinking about the needs of each guest was obvious. Can’t recommend highly enough and am so excited to return.

The hotel has a well maintained and beautiful garden with long stretched swimming pool. The modern styled rooms have a good roominess, are very proper , daily checked and are equipped with a very well running ACs. The poolbar and the restaurant serve very good drinks and very good delicacy food for breakfast, lunch and dinner……The happy hour is recommended….😀 For diving and help you will find a PADI diving center there and for snorkeling is a beautiful house reef directly in front of the hotel. Overall the staff is very friendly and service oriented and I will come back for sure.